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Graphics editing software by Apple Computer
MacPaint is a discontinued raster graphics editor developed by Apple Computer and released alongside the original Macintosh personal computer on January 24, 1984. It was sold bundled with its word processing counterpart, MacWrite, for US$195. MacPaint was notable because it could generate graphics that could be used by other applications. It taught consumers what a graphics-based system could do by using the mouse, the clipboard, and QuickDraw picture language. Pictures could be cut from MacPaint and pasted into MacWrite documents. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MacPaintA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: MacIntosh NotebookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A Pascal function for presenting MacPaint files on the MacintoshCited 0 times
- Go sideways: Susan KareA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Macintosh 128KA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
MacIntosh NotebookJohn Heilborn · 1985
MacArtPenelope Semrau · 1985- 📕Macintosh, Multiplan, MacPaintEddie Adamis · 1984
Macintosh graphicsGordon McComb, Leslie Smith · 1985
Zen & the art of the MacintoshMichael Green, Michael Green · 1986
MacBookArthur Naiman · 1985- 📕Aprenda Editar Imágenes con MSPaint 2010 y Picture Manager 2010M. Ramirez MAEd · 2011
- 📕Secrets of MacPaint, MacWrite, and MacDrawDavid D. Busch · 1986
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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